Peel tests for quantifying adhesion and toughness: A review

MD Bartlett, SW Case, AJ Kinloch, DA Dillard - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The peeling apart of layered materials is common in nature and has been used by humans
in myriad applications since prehistoric times. Over the past century, a wide range of peel …

Nature-inspired micropatterns

Y Wang, G Zheng, N Jiang, G Ying, Y Li, X Cai… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Micropatterned materials have developed in nature over 3.8 billion years, with remarkable
performance. Nature inspiration is the process of understanding biological mechanisms and …

Metamaterial adhesives for programmable adhesion through reverse crack propagation

D Hwang, C Lee, X Yang, JM Pérez-González… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Adhesives are typically either strong and permanent or reversible with limited strength.
However, current strategies to create strong yet reversible adhesives needed for wearable …

Graded intrafillable architecture-based iontronic pressure sensor with ultra-broad-range high sensitivity

N Bai, L Wang, Q Wang, J Deng, Y Wang, P Lu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Sensitivity is a crucial parameter for flexible pressure sensors and electronic skins. While
introducing microstructures (eg, micro-pyramids) can effectively improve the sensitivity, it in …

Materials, devices, and systems of on‐skin electrodes for electrophysiological monitoring and human–machine interfaces

H Wu, G Yang, K Zhu, S Liu, W Guo, Z Jiang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
On‐skin electrodes function as an ideal platform for collecting high‐quality
electrophysiological (EP) signals due to their unique characteristics, such as stretchability …

Soft robotic grippers

J Shintake, V Cacucciolo, D Floreano… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in soft robotics, materials science, and stretchable electronics have enabled rapid
progress in soft grippers. Here, a critical overview of soft robotic grippers is presented …

Mimicking human and biological skins for multifunctional skin electronics

Y Lee, J Park, A Choe, S Cho, J Kim… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Electronic skin (e‐skin) technology is an exciting frontier to drive the next generation of
wearable electronics owing to its high level of wearability, enabling high accuracy to harvest …

PDMS with designer functionalities—Properties, modifications strategies, and applications

MP Wolf, GB Salieb-Beugelaar, P Hunziker - Progress in Polymer Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Rapid progress in micro-and nanotechnologies such as lab-on-a-chip (microfluidic
networks, sensors, actuators, and connectors), soft lithography (replica moulding …

[HTML][HTML] Functional surface microstructures inspired by nature–From adhesion and wetting principles to sustainable new devices

E Arzt, H Quan, RM McMeeking, R Hensel - Progress in Materials Science, 2021 - Elsevier
In the course of evolution nature has arrived at startling materials solutions to ensure
survival. Investigations into biological surfaces, ranging from plants, insects and geckos to …

A review of nacre-inspired materials: Chemistry, strengthening-deformation mechanism, synthesis, and applications

D Madhav, B Buffel, P Moldenaers… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biomimetic material development takes inspiration from biological materials and organisms
that possess extraordinary properties or appearance, such as excellent mechanical strength …